Thursday, February 1, 2018

Ft Desoto County Park: 2-1-18




Black-bellied Plover




A black “armpit” in flight is a diagnostic field mark




Lightning Whelk egg case





Male American Kestrel, North America’s smallest falcon









Loggerhead Shrike




aka “Butcherbird” for its trait of impaling prey items on barbed wire fences






Note the hook on the tip of the bill







Black-hooded Parakeet



A cavity nesting parakeet














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